Rebirth of India: Superior

The plague epidemic caused extreme panic among people. ----This fear not only spread throughout India, but also spread rapidly around the world like a forest fire. Bangladesh, Austria, Pakistan, Britain, Russia, Nepal and Kuwait have taken protective measures to prevent the terrible plague from spreading from India to their countries.

Countries adjacent to India, such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, are particularly nervous. Pakistan interrupted all air and sea traffic with India. All ships entering Pakistan can only anchor 12 kilometers offshore, and the people on board must undergo 3-5 days of health inspection. All planes and ships arriving in Pakistan must be fumigated.

Bangladesh canceled all flights to India, closed the land route along the border between the two countries, and banned the import of food from India. The border between Nepal and India is open, and people pass through the border checkpoints every day, so the risk of infection is the greatest.

In order to resist the invasion of the rat demon, Nepal unilaterally carried out strict health inspections on incoming personnel at important checkpoints. In addition, more than 40 countries including the Gulf countries, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, South Korea, etc. have taken decisive measures to temporarily interrupt air and sea traffic with India, cancel flights to India, and quarantine, disinfect and inspect flights, ships, cargo or passengers from India. They suggested that their citizens postpone their trip to India and evacuate their citizens from India by plane or special train.

Some foreign affairs activities were also canceled as a result: Togolese President Simbe Eyadema shortened his visit to India and hurriedly returned home; Iranian President Rafsanjani postponed his visit to India; the West Indies cricket match was also postponed; Indonesia canceled a song and dance troupe's visit to India... These countries canceled foreign affairs activities and evacuated their citizens from India, which further aggravated the fear and precautions of various countries.

The economic losses caused by this plague epidemic to India are incalculable. For a period of time, it made India abandoned by the international trade community, including some of its closest trading partners: flights were interrupted, cargo ships were stopped, and business meetings were either postponed or cancelled. The suspension of air and sea transport between India and the six Gulf countries alone dealt a severe blow to India's import and export trade. Half of India's exports were shipped from Mumbai, most of which were shipped to the Gulf countries. After the transportation was interrupted, spoiled goods piled up in Mumbai, and exported agricultural products were unable to be shipped out, resulting in a loss of $700,000 a day.

The plague epidemic cast a shadow on India's tourism industry. In previous years, this time of year was the peak season for tourism, but the outbreak of plague caused India's tourism peak to be aborted halfway. The Chief Minister of Kerala said: "During the plague epidemic, the number of tourists decreased by more than half." According to preliminary estimates by relevant departments, the cost of treating and preventing plague syndrome alone reached tens of billions of dollars, and the loss of trade and tourism reached $1 billion.

Other losses were also very severe. Surat's diamond industry is world-famous. When the plague began to spread, the diamond processing factories there were running at full capacity, day and night, to meet international demand before Christmas. However, the plague epidemic caused serious losses to the city's diamond industry, and many users stopped importing. India's textiles and clothing are one of its major export products, and the United States and Europe are its largest customers. However, the plague epidemic has caused the United States and Europe to strictly control imports from India, causing serious losses to India's export trade. In recent years, the Indian government has been working hard to create a modern image, but the plague epidemic has dealt a serious blow to it. An authoritative source said that people have doubts about the Indian government's "ability to deal with social and public health issues while embarking on a track of rapid economic development." The consequences of this adverse effect will be unpredictable.

The bubonic plague that is spreading this time is a very terrible and severe plague. This plague is caused by the plague bacillus. When a rat dies, the rat fleas carrying a large number of bacteria will look for a new host, thus transmitting the disease to healthy rats, and then the rat fleas bite and transmit it to humans.

Patients with plague will suffer from lymphadenitis in mild cases, and pathogens will invade the blood in severe cases, causing sepsis and pneumonia. The whole body will turn black, the eyes will bulge, and they will die in pain. Moreover, this disease spreads very quickly. If it is not curbed in time, it will spread rapidly and cause a large number of deaths.

There have been many epidemic plagues in human history, and global plague has occurred three times, with more than 100 million deaths and many towns destroyed. According to literature statistics, the number of people who died from epidemic plague exceeds the total number of deaths in all wars in history. No wonder people call this disease "black demon" in horror. In order to remember the evil of the rat demon, we have to make a brief review of its history of ravaging mankind.

Plague, when did this demon come to the world to harm mankind? This question is left to experts to study and verify. In the 6th century AD, "the plague was introduced to Rome through Egypt, and the plague spread rapidly, killing more than half of the Romans." This is probably the earliest record of the plague harming humans. Although there is no detailed record in history books about the harm caused by the plague to mankind, it is not difficult to imagine from just a few words the serious situation that the rat brought to the Romans at that time.

Time passed like a shuttle, and eight centuries passed in a flash. The demons that had been hiding for many years came back to the world from the devil's kingdom. In the 14th century, Europeans experienced another very tragic disaster: an Italian businessman who was engaged in spice business had a ship specially used to transport spices. The charming spices attracted many mice to the ship.

One day in 1347, the Italian merchant drove the ship full of spices to the Black Sea port and docked next to a warehouse in Genoa. Whether they were tired from the long journey or needed to change places after living on the ship for a long time, the mice on the ship actually ran to the shore and entered the warehouse. At that time, people did not think much, and the Italian merchant did not think it was strange. Who would care about the mice coming ashore? But after a while, the residents of Genoa suffered from swollen lymph nodes one after another. People were horrified to find that dark pimples had grown on their skin - the terrible pigment spots of the "Black Death". Before long, the disease spread rapidly throughout Europe, from one city to another, from one country to another, and the shadow of death enveloped the entire European land. The plague lasted for a full three years, and the people of Europe lived in panic. This plague pandemic caused the extinction of the population of many European towns, and the death toll reached 25 million, accounting for one-third of the total population of Europe at that time. What a tragic tragedy!

Centuries have passed, and the plague has spread intermittently. In 1665, an epidemic plague broke out in London, England, and the god of death took the lives of 100,000 people. In the 1840s, Vietnam, located in Southeast Asia, first broke out in epidemic plague, and then spread to Guangdong through Yunnan and Guangxi, and then spread to Guangzhou through Leizhou, Yanzhou, Jiaozhou and other places, and successively affected 77 ports in 32 countries. During this period, the world-famous water city of Venice experienced 70 plague pandemics, and the death toll was incalculable. In short, the suffering brought to mankind by the "black demon" has not weakened with the passage of time. Before humans can effectively subdue this demon, it will continue to harm humans.

Since 1890, plague has spread all over the world. This plague pandemic affected a wide area and lasted for a long time, which is rare in history. During this plague pandemic, China also suffered an unprecedented catastrophe: During the Guangxu period, a serious plague epidemic broke out in Hong Kong. "The plague spread to Hong Kong, and more than 2,000 Chinese died of the plague, and as many as 80,000 people left Hong Kong for refuge." In May 1892, "the plague spread from Guangxi and southern Guangdong to Guangzhou." In March 1894, "the plague in Guangzhou was severe. It first broke out in Nanshengli in the south of the city. Within ten days, it spread throughout the city, killing tens of thousands of people. The whole city fell into a terrifying scene, which lasted for half a year before it subsided." In 1910, plague broke out in the three northeastern provinces of my country. "The plague was first seen in Manchuria, and the dead population spread to Harbin, Changchun, Fengtian and other places through the railway line, and then invaded Zhili and Shandong." According to incomplete statistics, the plague epidemic claimed the lives of 50,000 to 60,000 people. ...

In this plague pandemic, India, located in South Asia, was not spared. Human beings are the masters of nature, and we must not let the rat demon wreak havoc! For many years, after the unremitting efforts of scientists, in the struggle with the rat demon, humans finally found the "golden hoop" to subdue the demon. At the end of the 19th century, medical scientists found the real culprit that caused lymphadenopathy and hemorrhage, which was the plague bacillus brought by rats. In the 20th century, scientists invented streptomycin and sulfonamide drugs, and the plague was effectively treated. Over the past half century, countries around the world have attached great importance to environmental sanitation issues and have taken various effective epidemic prevention measures, such as strengthening quarantine and strict control at international ports, so that the plague has been basically controlled. However, the spread of plague in India tells us that the devil has not been completely subdued, and the plague has not disappeared from the world. In fact, as long as humans are a little careless, the rat demon will still cause trouble. May everyone remember its evil forever!

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